Hat-securing device



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F. R. MALON HAT SECURING DEVIOE Filed Dec. 16, 1925 Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

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FLORA. RUSSELL MAI-ON, 0F BUFFALG, NEW YORK.

' HAT-SECURING DEVICE.

Application filed. December 16, 1925. Serial No. 75,316.

My invention relates to improvements in hat securing devices for ladies head wear and the object of the invention is to construct. a device to be used in lieu of hat pins and comprises a holder which is adapted to be secured to the lining of the hat having a hair pin slidable therein, such hair pin entering the hair of the wearer in the usual fashion, and a further object of the invention is to utilize the crimps in the hair pin for preventing it sliding out of the holder when it is disengaged from the hair. A still further object of the invention is to bend the ends of the hair pin inwardly towards the head so that they readily enter the hair when my device is being adjusted.

My invention consists of a hat securing device constructed and arranged all as hereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of a ladys head showing the rear portion of her hat broken away to disclose my hat securing device in the engaging position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my device, the hair pin being in the same position as shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the hair pin pulled downwardly in the holder into the non-engaging position.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged, side, elevational view, of an alternative form of holder constructed of wire, and,

Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

1 is the ladys hat provided with the usual hat lining 2 to which is sewn or otherwise secured, the holder 3 which is constructed of any suitable substance, holes 4; being pro vided in the ends for permitting it to be sewn to the hat lining. A pair or indentations are formed in the holder 3, being separated therefrom along the lines 5 and 6 to form members 7 through which the hair pin 8 slidably passes. The hair pin is provided in the vicinity of its outer end with a plurality of crimps 9 which perform the double function of securing the hair pin in the hair and also preventing it from falling through the members 7 when it is in the disengaged position. The outer ends 10 of the hair pin are bent inwardly in order that it may readily enter the hair when it is being pushed upwardly into the engaging position.

The operation of my device is as follows:

The hat is placed upon the head in the usual manner, the securing device being in the lowered position illustrated in Figure 3. When the hat is adjusted to suit the wearer, the hair pin 8 is pushed upwardly entering and engaging the hair in the usual manner, thus constructing a means for preventing the hat becoming accidently removed. It will be appreciated that by the provision of the inwardly turned ends that a means is provided for insuring that the hair pin enters and engages the hair. In the alternative construction shown in Figures 4 and 5 the holder is constructed of a doubled piece of wire having loops 11 formed at its ends for permitting it being sewn to the lining of the hat. The pair of members for receiving the hair pin are formed by pressing one of the wires downwardly to form the pair of loops 12 for receiving the respective legs of the hair pin.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have devised a very simply constructed hat securing means which will permit ladies dispensing with hat pins and will also permit the wearing of hats which need not necessarily bind closely upon the head to keep them in their adjusted position. It will also be understood that. several of these devices can be secured in the hatand so retain it in any adjusted position upon the head. For removing the hat it is merely necessary to pull the hair pin downwardly into the position. shown in Figure 3 which will disengage the hair pin from the hair and permit the hat being removed in the usual manner.

Nhat I claim as my invention is A hat securing device comprising a holder formed of a piece of wire having its ends doubled back upon the main portion to form loops for receiving thread for securing the V holder to the lining of the hat, a pair of U shaped spaced apart bends formed in the main portion of the Wire and adapted with the turnedbaek portlons to form a pan of looped members, a ham p111 shdably p051- tioned in the looped members and adapted FLORA RUSSELL MALON. 

